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Published: 2006-03-10 07:32:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 7095; Favourites: 232; Downloads: 99
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This is a quilted wallhanging I made which took a first place at the Minnesota State Fair. Adding together the time spent thinking about and designing this quilt, finding the fabrics and actually making it, the 43 1/2" square wallhanging took one year to complete.*EDIT: November 5th 2006: I'm happily surprised to have this quilt featured as a DD.
Many thanks to ~MN-Vixen for suggesting it and to `dedredhed for featuring it.
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Thanks so much for the compliment! I appreciate the look
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Congratulations! 
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Thank you very much for such a nice comment!
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What a lot of work and detail! It was worth the year you put into it: it's so beautiful!
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Thank you for the very nice comment!
I appreciate the fav and the watch, too!
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well done on the DD.
nice work
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Thank you very much! It was a nice surprise
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Congrats on the DD Kat, I feel so happy for you! 
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Oh my, Luc, what a sweet thing to say! Thank you for the wonderful compliment and your continued support
Thanks for the fav, too
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wow! this is amazing...I've never understood quilting...but this is gorgeous 
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Thank you for the very generous comment! I appreciate the nice words as well as the fav!
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you are welcome. they are deserved.
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I really like this quilt, with all the colors you put into, it makes it look so beautiful.
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That's a lovely thing to say! Thank you for the nice comment
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Thanks so much! I appreciate the comment and the fav on this.
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Thank you so much. That's a simple and generous comment.
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Wooo! I can totally understand this piece taking a whole year to make, finding the right pieces and planning it all. The choice of fabric and colors are superb and a joy to the eyes.
A friend of mine wants to know if you used a sewing machine for some parts, to go faster.
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment!
I used a sewing machine for all of it, including the quilting itself. You can barely see the quilting on the sides if you look carefully. It's quilted on the seam lines in the main part of the quilt and one inch apart all around the borders. The quilting went slowly because I had to start and stop so much. Sewing curves on the sewing machine isn't always easy and there was a lot of pinning and very slow sewing to keep the edges from distorting. The smaller circles are appliqued on top of the other work, but the half circles were sewn into the larger ones.
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This. Is....Brilliant!
Seriously fantastic, I dont think I've seen anything so fantastic done by hand! I wish I had this! The colours and everything are gorgeous! Congrats on the DD, weeeeell deserved
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Your comment is wonderful, thanks so much! I really appreciate the nice remarks and the fav on this.
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Congratulations Kat! You deserve it! It would make a great quilt ... again!
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Thank you so much, Jann!
I love this quilt....
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Crying isn't going to work with me, young lady, so you can just stop that right now. Do you hear me?
Thanks!
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Byeshoo! Go answer your adoring public! Pffft!
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You're a silly thing, aren't you?
"Adoring public"?
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Well they didn't have an emoticon for a temper tantrum! I had to work with what I could find.
132 fav's & 199 comments... adoring public.
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They really need an emote for that! And for chocolate!
You checked my numbers?!
BTW...133 and 201...
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And I stealing this! I'll leave you the picture!
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Pffftt! Go ahead...I have Haagen Dazs in the freezer so I don't care!
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No, no... I'm stealing your wallhanging, it wants to live at my house... all I could find in the emoticons was this dumb hot dog, I'll leave it next to the Haagen Daz.
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I just asked Ms. Post if she wants to live at your house and she said no. She said I'm her mom and she loves me and wants to stay here with me. So you hafta stop telling all these lies. It upsets her.
"There, there...I won't let the insane lady say anything else to you. Shhhh. Shhhh."
BTW......Pfffffffttt! to a hot dog! I have chocolate!
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She's lying. They do that. She's ready to leave home ... she's already been IMing my quilts. There's a torrid online romance going on between her and Mr. Log Cabin. I'm tellin' you! It's hot! If you want to keep her, you'd better nail her down with a few 10-pennies. Otherwise, she's outta there!
And I'm leaving the stupid hot dog and taking the chocolate too!
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Mr. Log Cabin? He's nothing but a fabric hound! He'd use her and toss her in a scrap basket in no time! I've heard all about him and his penchant for pre-washed fabrics..."So soft" he says. "Gets the starch out of 'em right from the beginning" he says. No way is he coming anywhere near my sweet and innocent Ms. Post. I'll keep her here if I have to hang her from a curtain rod for the rest of her natural life!
And stay away from the chocolate!
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It's true he'a a cad! He's been pushing Downy hits in the chat rooms! But really, they'd have such cute little coverlets! We could split the litters, sell the shams and raise some to Kings and Queens for the real money.
Better use lag bolts and heavy duty velcro.... I hear she's been trying to make her break with the dry cleaning. I definately want to know she's been well taken care of when I get there. If I'm going to wear the stupid ninja suit she'd better still be pristine AND easy to find.
(I know where your priorities are.... for the chololate you get out the sword.)
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Do you have any idea what it takes to raise a coverlet to a King these days? 
No, you keep that scallywag away from my lovely Post. Handsome or not, he's not for her.
I've got her well in hand, don't you worry. That nonsense about the dry cleaning is a dirty lie, too! How well cared-for she is is no concern of yours. You just pay attention to ol' Cabin and leave her to me, thank you.
And yes, chocolate rates the sword. Deal with it.
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Too late... she's already into bad boys! That girl's going to live on the edge no matter what! Have you checked the Goodwill bag lately? Millions, I'll make millions! Let's see, need to build a quilt-coop, buy corner biters, extra clothes pins.... spacebags.... fray-stop.... blocking frames... what's that spray-on teflon called?... litters, nah...herds! ...
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Herds, huh? You're an ambitious woman.
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Nah - there's always the trouble makers, but it's been statistically proven, whan raised in large family units, quilts are managable. You just need to remember to put them in their space bags at night...makes them feel secure.
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I don't buy that for one minute! I think it's just a way for you to control them. I don't like the way you think about quilts. Not at all.
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Well at least I cuddle with them. Some mom you are. She's hung on the wall by her little thumbs! Gawd Kat!
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She crying her stuffings out! Jeez! Come 'ere honey, you can stay with me, we have Downy....
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